Squat Lobster - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Handymansd · 05-17-2015, 04:57 PM

The Squat Lobster were so thick today that I caught several on the sabiki... The sonar showed huge blankets of them, 10ft thick and extending out hundreds of feet. I have seen these in the warmer waters of Baja but not here. A good omen?

roadx · 05-17-2015, 05:42 PM

tuna crabs?

Saba Slayer · 05-17-2015, 07:02 PM

Squat Lobster....?
From Team Sewer...?

Zed · 05-17-2015, 07:04 PM

Bonito

Ggiannig89 · 05-18-2015, 11:42 AM

http://ktla.com/2015/02/23/thousands...newport-beach/

It is an El Niño year after all. They taste great I wouldn't mind picking some up 😋

yemff · 05-19-2015, 07:45 AM

You sure they weren't pelagic red crabs?

Zed · 05-19-2015, 08:19 AM

Give the man a C-gar.

They are actually a lobster. A squat lobster. Not a crab. Crabs dont swim w their tails.
Call them red bunnies if you want. White seabass arent seabass either.

Handymansd · 05-19-2015, 09:31 PM

Back in February there was a huge bunch of them that washed up on the beach at high tide and then died... It made it difficult to find the perfect greenies...

tanners · 05-20-2015, 08:03 AM

There has been tuna crab blanketing the coast for 3-4 months now. All of the islands yellows I am catching are full of them and I'm sure the LJ yellows are too.

I've heard that there is a difference between tuna crab and squat lobsters. Something to do with squat lobsters only being found in Northern California. I could be wrong.

Zed · 05-20-2015, 08:16 AM

Call them whatever.
Crabs have evolved (if you believe that) their tail folded up under their bodies. No crabs have articulating tails.

05-17-2015, 04:57 PM	#1
Handymansd Ancient Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: On The Water Posts: 935	Squat Lobster The Squat Lobster were so thick today that I caught several on the sabiki... The sonar showed huge blankets of them, 10ft thick and extending out hundreds of feet. I have seen these in the warmer waters of Baja but not here. A good omen? __________________ All men are equal before fish. -Herbert Hoover

05-17-2015, 05:42 PM	#2
roadx . Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,155	tuna crabs? __________________

05-17-2015, 07:02 PM	#3
Saba Slayer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palos Verdes Posts: 1,857	Squat Squat Lobster....? From Team Sewer...? __________________ Jim / Saba Slayer

05-17-2015, 07:04 PM	#4
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Bonito __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

05-19-2015, 08:19 AM	#7
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Give the man a C-gar. They are actually a lobster. A squat lobster. Not a crab. Crabs dont swim w their tails. Call them red bunnies if you want. White seabass arent seabass either. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

05-18-2015, 11:42 AM	#5
Ggiannig89 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: El Cajon Posts: 512	http://ktla.com/2015/02/23/thousands...newport-beach/ It is an El Niño year after all. They taste great I wouldn't mind picking some up 😋

05-19-2015, 07:45 AM	#6
yemff Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 75	You sure they weren't pelagic red crabs?

05-19-2015, 09:31 PM	#8
Handymansd Ancient Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: On The Water Posts: 935	Back in February there was a huge bunch of them that washed up on the beach at high tide and then died... It made it difficult to find the perfect greenies... __________________ All men are equal before fish. -Herbert Hoover

05-20-2015, 08:03 AM	#9
tanners Junior Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 15	There has been tuna crab blanketing the coast for 3-4 months now. All of the islands yellows I am catching are full of them and I'm sure the LJ yellows are too. I've heard that there is a difference between tuna crab and squat lobsters. Something to do with squat lobsters only being found in Northern California. I could be wrong.

05-20-2015, 08:16 AM	#10
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Call them whatever. Crabs have evolved (if you believe that) their tail folded up under their bodies. No crabs have articulating tails. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.